Archive for February, 2014

“After 10 years as the city’s service director, Chris Easton (’82) has announced he will retire this summer,” reports the Akron Beacon Journal on Feb. 23. Easton is an alum of the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University who majored in Geography. He became Wadsworth service director in […]

By Natalia Radic Perspectives During two periods in the 20th century, a small Michigan town called Idlewild was a popular resort community for the black middle class. It attracted intellectuals such as Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois during the 1920s, and top black entertainers, from Jackie Wilson and the […]

The Society of Physics Students (SPS), an undergraduate student organization within the Department of Physics and Astronomy, hosts its 6th Annual SPS Research Conference this Saturday, Feb 22, at 10 a.m. in Walter Hall 245. Six presenters will provide an overview of their individual research projects, which range in scale […]

The Department of Modern Languages is hosting a symposium organized by the French Embassy and the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris to promote French in the United States. The symposium is offered for French university-level educators interested in developing French for Business courses. “S’initier à l’enseignement du français […]

By Corinne Colbert From Perspectives She was a classic case of a child with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A first-grader who impulsively pinched, shoved, and even bit her classmates. She failed to follow her teacher’s instructions and rarely completed her work. Luckily, her teacher was part of a research project run […]

Dr. Maria Eugenia Bonilla-Chacin of the World Bank discusses “Lessons from Health Programs in Latin America” on Friday, March 21, at 3 p.m., in Bentley Hall 124. Bonilla-Chacin is a Senior Economist with the World Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Unit. In the last decades countries in Latin America have […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Michelle Espy of Los Alamos Scientific Lab on “Applications of SQUIDs: from brains to bombs” on Friday, Feb. 21, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: This talk will present an overview of applications of the Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) for the detection […]